{"id":665909,"date":"2026-03-05T02:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=665909"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:12:41","slug":"oxford-united-team-injury-news-trip-preston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/03\/05\/oxford-united-team-injury-news-trip-preston\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Players Back? Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to Preston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> could welcome back some key players for their Friday night fixture at Preston.<\/p>\n

Preston only have one player missing but find themselves bang out of form heading into this game.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Win Against West Brom\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to Preston<\/h2>\n

Oxford United Injury News<\/h3>\n

Tyler Goodrham<\/strong> \u2013 Ankle<\/p>\n

Academy graduate, Tyler Goodrham has been ruled out for the rest of the season following surgery on his ankle.<\/p>\n

Brian De Keersmaecker<\/strong>– Shoulder<\/p>\n

Brian De Keersmaecker will also miss the rest of the season after undergoing an operation on his shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

Oxford’s Returning Players<\/h3>\n

Brodie Spencer<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

Defender Brodie Spencer hasn’t played since a goalless draw at Middlesbrough but could be in contention after receiving an injection in his ankle.<\/p>\n

Przemyslaw Placheta<\/strong> – Calf<\/p>\n

Another potential returnee could be winger, Przemyslaw Placheta. The Pole has been out with a calf problem.<\/p>\n

Jamie McDonnell<\/strong> – Ankle<\/p>\n

The final boost could be the inclusion of midfielder, Jamie McDonnell<\/a>. The January signing has been a key player since his arrival from Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

Preston Injury News<\/h3>\n

Daniel Iversen<\/strong> – Groin<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen has missed the last nine games with a thigh injury. Head coach Paul Heckingbottom remains cautious over throwing the shot-stopper back into action.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Featured image courtesy of SmartFrame\/Pro Sports Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford United could welcome back some key players for their Friday night fixture at Preston. Preston only have one player missing but find themselves bang out of form heading into this game. Read More: Three Talking Points as Oxford United Win Against West Brom\u00a0 Latest Oxford United Team and Injury News for Trip to Preston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":665579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8430,33,32,1830,30],"tags":[32628,659,32679],"class_list":["post-665909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football","category-injuries","category-news","tag-oxford-united-injury-news","tag-preston-north-end","tag-preston-north-end-injury-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665910,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665909\/revisions\/665910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}